As they promised last week, De La Soul delivers their first single in years, “Get Away,” featuring “The Spirit of the Wu.” The record picks up where DJ Maseo began the convo in recent interviews, essentially criticizing the monotony found in today’s version of rap.

So what does the Strong Island trio offer with their newest? The same sound and vibe that got them through the first 25 years honestly. They choose a cavernous beat, a sample of RZA’s words on Wu-Forever’s second disc – both elements making up Clan reference in the title – and then they go into detail, doing things the De La way as always. The Plugs made their mark in music by being far from center or “far away from the norm” as Pos puts it. Their impetus for “Get Away” appears to be their reminder for today’s artists to break away from the cookie-cutter mold. That’s probably the best way to make a two decade career from rap, or any form of music for that matter.

“Get Away” will be on De La Soul’s next project, You’re Welcome, due later this year.

De La Soul gotta be top five Hip-Hop groups of all time. They never put out any duds and never split on some B-S. They’ve consistently kept the music high quality and already have a catalog deep enough to do shows for the rest of their lives.

actually when you do the math on paper they are the BEST hop-hop group of all time. discography, quality of albums (as a whole cause the AOI series was suspect) and longevity (1988 and still going strong). your top five groups have either broken up, someone died so its not the group anymore, or the members have changed.

^^^^^^i’m going to guess those were your first De La albums….. that’s ok so i’ll put you onto something. those two albums were made to get off their contract with Tommy Boy. hence the reason why they came out a year apart under the disguise of a series but given they those albums were not the BEST De La could do the third in that series never came out. Instead years later we get the incredible “Grind Date”. Now put the best songs from those AOI records together and have a solid 13 track album and there would be no question in “taste and credibility”. thank you for your time